Patents by Inventor Takaaki Kumura

Takaaki Kumura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100127554
    Abstract: A seatbelt retractor according to the present invention is configured in such a manner that a cylindrical rotor (24) of an electric motor in a spool is formed into two members in the axial direction, that is, a two-piece member including a first rotating member (24a1) and a first rotating shaft member (24b1), and a second rotating member (24a2) and a second rotating shaft member (24b2), and these two members are coupled. A torsional portion (42a) of a torsion bar (42) is penetrated through an inner hole (24b11) of a rotating shaft member (24b) including first and second rotating shaft members (24b1), (24b2) in the axial direction. Accordingly, even though the maximum outer diameters of first and second head portions (42b), (42c) of the torsion bar (42) are set to be larger than the inner diameter of the inner hole (24b11), the torsion bar (42) can be integrated into the rotor (24) easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Kumura, Yasuaki Nomura